No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler.

Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

The will of man is by his reason swayed.

A companion that feasts the company with and mirth, and leaves out the sin which is usually mixed with them, he is the man; and let me tell you, good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

Doubtless God Could Have Made A Better Berry, But Doubtless God Never Did

O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly?

Let us be thankful for health and competence, and, above all, for a quiet conscience.